OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Apocynaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-003:

Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Whorled Milkweed, Narrowleaf Milkweed

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Apocynaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 157-01-003:
 Asclepias verticillata   FAMILY Asclepiadaceae

 

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2285

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: barrens, thin soils of rock outcrops (especially mafic or calcareous rocks), open woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, road and powerline rights-of-way, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont (rare in NC Coastal Plain) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly in whorls of 3-6 (sometimes opposite)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish-white petals often tipped with rose-purple
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in 2-8 umbels from upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Follicle

 

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